Day 2 of the ACC Tournament in Charlotte, NC opens with the Virginia Cavaliers (15-16) taking the court against the Yellowjackets of Georgia Tech (16-15).

UVA enters the tournament after losing two of their last three in the regular season including their season finale to Syracuse, 84-70. Tech won two of their last three but did get waxed by Wake Forest in their final game of the regular season, 69-43.

These schools met on February 8 in Charlottesville and the Wahoos knocked off the Rambling Wreck, 75-61. Tech scored just 25 points in the second half enroute to the loss.

Lets dive into the matchup and offer some information and possibly a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch the opening tip, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

Game details & how to watch Virginia vs. Georgia Tech

• Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
• Time: 12:00PM EST
• Site: Spectrum Center
• City: Charlotte, NC
• Network/Streaming: ESPN2

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Game odds for Cavaliers at Yellow Jackets

The latest odds as of Tuesday courtesy of BetMGM:

• Odds: Cavaliers (-102), Yellow Jackets (-118)
• Spread: Yellow Jackets -1.5
• Total: 130.5 points

Expert picks & predictions for Virginia at Georgia Tech

NBC Sports Bet Best Bet

Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the NCAA calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, injuries, and the schedule.

Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for today’s Cavaliers & Yellow Jackets game:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Virginia Cavaliers +1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the under on the Game Total of 130.5.

Virginia vs. Georgia Tech: Top betting trends and recent stats

• UVA is 0-3 in their last 3 games against the spread
• UVA is 7-2-1 to the OVER in their last 10 games
• Georgia Tech has covered the spread in 3 of their last 4 games
• UVA has won their last 10 games against Georgia Tech
• UVA is 8-2 against the spread in their last 10 against Georgia Tech

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Virginia Senator Tim Kaine joined two other Democratic senators to introduce legislation that would reinstate veterans who were fired from their federal jobs by the Trump administration. 

What we know:

U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Andy Kim (D-NJ), and Kaine are introducing the Protect Veteran Jobs Act.

The legislation targets 30% of the federal workforce, and it’s estimated that the Administration has already fired more than 6,000 veterans.

According to an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press, 80,000 jobs will be cut from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“President Trump has fired more veterans in his first few weeks in office than any U.S. President. This is unacceptable. These men and women have made tremendous sacrifices in service to our nation, and now they are being kicked to the curb by a President who has previously called servicemembers and veterans losers and suckers,” said Kaine. “Every one of my colleagues should be able to support this legislation that would reinstate veterans who were fired as part of the Trump Administration’s mass, indiscriminate firing of federal employees.”

The Protect Veteran Jobs Act is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV). Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by U.S. Representative Derek Tran (D-CA-45).

The Protect Veteran Jobs Act is endorsed by VoteVets, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), AMVETS, the Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

Federal employees fired

The backstory:

Layoffs and firings have affected many federal departments in recent weeks. 

Since Donald Trump took office in January, one of his top priorities has been cutting and reorganizing spending within the federal government.

By the numbers:

According to the agency’s website, as of March 5, 2025, DOGE estimates its savings at around $105 billion. The agency attributes this to “a combination of fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancelations, contract/lease renegotiations, asset sales, grant cancelations, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings.”

The family of a college student from Loudoun County, who disappeared on a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, wants authorities there to broaden their search.

The University of Pittsburgh junior was last seen early Thursday morning. Local and federal law enforcement, along with Dominican police, are all working on the investigation together.

An exhaustive search of the beach in Punta Cana. The last place Sudiksha Konanki was seen, has been ongoing. The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, expressed concern and empathy for the Konanki family, while speaking about on-going search.

He said search crews have been focusing on the sea because, according to one of the people who was last with Konanki, while they were on the beach, they were hit by a wave, and that’s what led to this situation.

Her five friends who traveled with her for the Spring Break trip had already returned to their rooms from the beach, but the sheriff said Konanki stayed behind with the other group. The Loudoun County Sheriff confirmed Dominican authorities have spoken to a young man and two others, not from the University of Pittsburgh, who were last known to be with Konanki.

Dominican authorities said they’re re-interviewing witnesses and hotel workers at the Riu Resort, which is where Konanki was staying.

Konanki’s family and close family friends are now in the Dominican Republic.

“So far they have not been able to find my daughter,” said her father, Subbarayudu Konanki, in an interview with WTOP. “They are using helicopters, drones, and scuba diving and boats.”

Her father said she’s a pre-med junior at University of Pittsburgh who went to the Dominican Republic to enjoy spring break with friends. They never imagined this would happen. They’re now urging authorities to expand their search from the sea and resort area.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has filed what’s known as a yellow notice, which is a worldwide police alert to be issued by Interpol which would help authorities track her down if she’s found to have traveled to another country.

The sheriff said at this stage they are not ruling anything out, from possible drowning, to abduction to the hope she will be found alive.

“We are going on the presumption that she’s still alive, and we want to make sure that we’re exhausting every possible lead that we can, and we feel we’re doing that,” said Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman.

Nextdoor neighbor and longtime family friend Shekar Pendem said he’s known Konanki since she was a toddler.

“She was a brilliant student. She went to one of the great schools,” he said.

Pendem was one of the first people the family called when they learned Konanki was
missing. He believes the Dominican authorities now need to widen their search. beyond the resort.

“This is going on for four days and the family is so sad…” he said. “They should expand the search beyond just the resort area to the city and town, and hopefully that may give some clue. We are really hoping for her to return.”

Ramprakash Krisnamanaidu, a family friend who traveled to the Dominican Republic with the Konankis also is pressing for a broader search zone beyond the beach and water.

“That’s why we feel that this could be an abduction or kidnapping because not in the water, not anywhere, they couldn’t find her in the resort, they couldn’t find her in hospitals, then where is she?” he said.

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, who represents Loudoun County, said he remains in contact with Konanki’s family and her disappearance has hit his community hard.
“You know, the Indian community in Virginia is very close-knit and something happens, something that happens to one happens to all,” he said.

Authorities say they know there’s a lot of speculation as to what may have happened to Konanki on social media but are urging people to await the results of the investigation before drawing any conclusions.